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(: Test: K2-DirectConElemWhitespace-17                   :)
(: Written by: Frans Englich                             :)
(: Date: 2007-11-22T11:31:21+01:00                       :)
(: Purpose: Test empty element content result in an element with no children(#2). :)
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count(<a/>/node())